Twitter, Facebook, Blog, E-mail etc...

Facebook/Orkut, blog, Twitter, e-mail and chat-services are completely different. Many people, including geeks, think they are interchangeable. I don't like the idea of putting the same line in both facebook and twitter, although so many applications are around us for doing this. I will explain my reasoning/ understanding of these social media applications.

Twitter:

It is my "Internet Diary"; whatever that interest me on internet on that day will be tweeted. If I can hold my thoughts (including fun) in 140 characters, I would do that on twitter, and not on Facebook or blog. If I make some opinion on anything I read/heard, I would do that on twitter, not on a blog (If I read a book or watch a movie worth reviewing, I would do that on my blog) . If I come across any  interesting webpage, youtube video, blog article or a picture, I would share the link on twitter, not on Facebook.

I definitely will not wish my friends on their birthdays or deathdays on twitter. I would do that on Facebook, if they have one. Otherwise, I will DM them if they are on Twitter. If they don't have both, I will e-mail them. If they are old enough not have to any e-accounts, then they usually do not bother about their birthdays or whatever days.

I will definitely not tweet with my wife, even if she will ever have a twiiter account (I have seen some couples doing that and spamming MY timeline. I had to delete both of them). If the conversation on any particular topic goes beyond 2-3 tweets with the same follower, I would rather DM the conversation than spamming everyone's timeline with one particular conversation.

I will use Twitter to advetise ME! I will give link to my every blog post, and I may do it twice or thrice.

I can't think of having more than one Twitter account. One account = one person. I don't like people tweeting in pseuonyms or xyzs.

Facebook/Orkut:

I get invitations from people whom I have never met to accept them on Facebook/Orkut. Favebook/Orkut is only for people whom I know, whom I have met, whom I have spoken. It is to find all the boys and girls from school days, and all friends from college days, and intresting colleagues from your workplace. It is to keep in touch with the people with whom I had some interaction in REAL life. Twitter followers, however nice they are, cannot become Facebook friends, unless I meet/ talk with them.

I will not fill my Facebook 10-20 times day; it is not twitter to write everything you saw, you heard, you read. Facebook is for my family, friends (present and past) and colleagues (present and past). I don't want to spam their Facebook timeline with my every interests.

I will make a wish of Diwali or Dasara on Facebook rather than sending bulk e-mail to all my e-mail address book. I would post my recent travel photos on Facebook (I will not spam them on twitter). I would post party pictures on Facebook, not on twitter. I would write about someone's birth, wedding or death on Facebook, not on twitter.

I will not use Facebook to link my blogs, unless the blog post is on personal note.

Blog:

Blog is not a personal diary. It is not a confession media. For me, it is where I would flow with my creativity (if there is any :)), opinions (longer than at least 2 paragraphs), debates, and discussions. I will definitely will not give one link, one photo or one joke in my blog post. I will not personal pictures in my blog.

I will not write any short stories on my blog. Even if I write, I will give it in PDF format too, so that the reader can take a printout to read it.

I will not write any serial (part 1, part 2 etc) on my blog as I know reader is not intrested in any parts.

I would prefer to have many blogs, so that each of my interest will get one platform. I don't like to bombard all of ME in one blog.

E-mail:

For everything else, there is e-mail.

Chat-services:

Waste of time. If it is urgent, make a phone call. If it is not, tweet me or e-mail me.